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The Night Manager Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1994

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books; Ballentine Books ed edition (June 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345385764
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345385765
  • Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.2 x 6.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (179 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsFor post cold-war readers, this is top of the line
By Justin F. Gaynor on October 22, 2012
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Many people who dislike Le Carre's post cold-war novels seem to mention, as their primary complaint, that they miss the characters brought to life in his earlier books. As a younger reader who started reading his work after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I have no such qualms, and in fact find his more recent body of work much livelier and less repetitive than his Smiley books. While all of his post-Russia books are worth reading, I especially enjoyed 'Our Game' and his most recent "Our Kind of Traitor'. But the absolute pinnacle is this book, which I have reread a couple of times and always confirms this judgement.

Le Carre quite simply nails it. Pine is a completely sympathetic hero, somebody who is capable of being "almost ill with desire" when catching the scent of a woman recently emerged from her bath, recognizably weak when retreating to his principles rather than doing what he knows is right, etc. And the bad guys, in contrast to a Dick Tracy cartoon, are also completely understandable, and many of us, given the chance to live the way they do, would jump at the opportunity. In this sense, the book is not about Roper vs. Pine, but rather about succumbing to craven desire vs. living up to your principles, and this is indeed an interesting struggle.

Of course, the struggle would be dull if the writing weren't masterful, and Le Carre engages all five of our senses in describing the worlds the characters inhabit. This book feels true in every detail.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy favorite Le Carre thus far...
By Lobster Lass on February 6, 2009
Format: Hardcover
I consider myself a John le Carre aficionado, and this is, hands down, my favorite thus far.

We anticipate that his espionage and political threads are strong and tightly drawn. However, what is the true joy of this novel is the emotional depth of le Carre's hero, Jonathan. Driven by retribution and revenge, we get a man (as opposed to an automaton) with heart and soul as well as the obligatory skills of a spy.

In THE NIGHT MANAGER, le Carre's prose is poetry, as exemplified when Jonathan, caught in an act of espionage, makes love to the anti-heroine (whom he covets, but thus far has never touched) by telling her: "I'm obsessed by you. I can't get you out of my head. I don't mean I'm in love with you. I sleep with you, I wake up with you, I can't clean my teeth without cleaning yours as well and most of the time I'm quarreling with you. There's no logic to it, there's no pleasure to it. I haven't heard you express a single thought worth a damn, and most of what you say is affected bilge. Yet every time I think of something funny, I need you to laugh at it, and when I'm low it's you I need to cheer me up. I don't know who you are, if you're anyone at all. Or whether you're here for the beer or because you're wildly in love with Roper. And I'm sure you don't know either. I think you're a total mess. but that doesn't put me off. Not at all. It makes me indignant, it makes me a fool it makes me want to wring your neck. But that's just part of the package."

Trust me, it works. And if you don't get it, then seriously, you just don't get le Carre.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHeartpounding tension, realistic characters.
By Deryn Pittar on April 25, 2016
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Although I'd seen the TV series I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Set earlier than the TV Series it contained more back story and different locations The characters were more complex. Despite knowing the type of ending I still found the tension building and had to put it down several times because my heart was pounding. So well written. What a master yarn-spinner this man is.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe real thing
By A Customer on September 21, 1998
Format: Paperback
This is eerily familiar to anyone who knows the businesses of private banking, international arms dealing and covert export licensing by governments. Originally recommended to me by a senior security source in an international bank, this was one of those rare and riveting occasions when a fictional account of a subject grew more and more recognisable on closer reading. A military intelligence researcher recently confirmed this view, telling me that "if this had been written as a textbook, Her Majesty's Government would have tried to ban it". For each fictional character there is a real counterpart out there; certainly for anyone who knows anything about the real post-Cold War agenda for western governments there is some jarringly accurate analysis of motive, mechanism and personality politics. Whether you read this as simply a thunderingly good story to rank with Le Carre's best, or as a "roman a clef" which reveals the real personalities behind British political administration, it is un-put-downable. (Fun game for parties of international bankers/arms dealers: How many real-world characters can you identify?) I now issue this as a textbook to employees embarking on careers in banking, as a morality tale about the perils of money laundering. Others should simply enjoy, and wonder how much is true!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe old master at it again
By Maverickshaven on March 18, 2016
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Contrary to some commentators, John Le Carre has not lost his ability to tell a wonderfully thought provoking story, even if the Cold War is over. The most brilliant aspect of this gripping story is the delightful detail of the author's brush when describing characters. Particularly significant are the English government characters, and the Secret Service operatives. Not surprised that if had to be made into a six hour series, there is just too much detail to be crammed into a movie-length feature. The twists and turns of the plot keeps the reader enthralled from first to last. Very clever, and very absorbing.
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